Arne Slot - Head Coach

The Albert
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He is. And I’ve been very critical of Slot throughout this downturn in form. I was on the verge of calling for him to be sacked after the PSV loss.

I hope he turns things around and I hope Mo is brought back into the fold. But I won’t insulate Mo from criticism. His benching was justified, in my view, even as a short term measure.

In the long term, he might be best suited as a player brought on in the second half to terrorize tired legs. I hope he isn’t at that point in his career, though. I hope his form returns because when he’s on, he’s special.

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4858

If we hadn’t won another league after the 8th of March we would still have been Champions

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4859

That’s 20/20 hindsight. Every match mattered until it didn’t. None of the players were downing tools back then.

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4860

Arsenal helped with their arse completely hanging out after New Years

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4861

So what?

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So what? It is directly addressing the contention about how long its been since Mo was really firing - its not just this season but goes a significant way into the previous season. Back then we either over looked it or put it down to the pressure of trying to get over the line with the various records he was going for. But the reality is things completely dried up for him on the back end of the season for a period that lasted a good 20% of the season.

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4863

https://x.com/indykaila/status/1999483010228646095?s=20

:see_no_evil_monkey:

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4864

Maybe he had the trots and needed the toilet?

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4865

Can’t we get rid of him instead of Mo😐

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4866

MO stuck in a meeting ALL afternoon… not able to train, so not available for selection tomorrow :thinking:

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4867

That’s one way of looking at it.

Another way is that had we dropped a few more points after 8th March, then it might have given Arsenal the belief and impetus to push us harder than they did.

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4868

He can run around the Christmas :evergreen_tree: tree tonight at home and be fit tomorrow. :grinning_face:

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4869

All I can remember is waiting for Mo and TAA to be on the pitch at the same time to get a result.
Biggest cheer from my son I I always came when Trent came on. It was given something would happen whether it was them who scored or not. You could see it in their attitude and how they played.
The rest of the team slumped much earlier and were a concern.

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Hopefully, we see a repeat. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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4871

So who, having already sacked Slot, is now a little more sceptical? I certainly am.

I feel, the club of course knew this was a transition season well before we could evaluate such, and provided Slot didnt fall below a certain line, he would be ok. Whilst that line was close a few time this autumn, some stability looks to be returning. That away win at Inter did us so much good. To his credit Slot got put in the mixer and he seems to be weathering it. If he pulls it off it will have done him some exceptional good.

Because in the least, however shit we got, a new manager would have been very much worse

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4872

You need to see the video I posted in the post match against Inter from redmen tv and Paul Daglish it was a Rhomboid midfield :squinting_face_with_tongue::face_blowing_a_kiss:

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4873

But apparently with loads of diamonds all over the pitch in possession. :winking_face_with_tongue:

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4874

We should have a Slot/Mo/Edwards/Hughes/Linda/John bingo (did I miss anyone)

And Billy Hogan.

Title is “Whose fault is it”

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4875

I hope this diamond formation doesn’t go the way of Salt Bae’s restaurant business

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4876

Answer is: Traore.

He just can’t control his feet :joy:

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